2005 Masters Tournament prize money
Tiger Woods won the 2005 Masters Tournament on 10 April 2005 and took $1,260,000. Below is every one of the 26 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $21,700 Jay Haas collected for finishing 48.
Tiger Woods won it in a playoff, so the card shows the same 72-hole total at the top of the ladder twice.
Every cheque at the 2005 Masters Tournament
10 April 2005
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -12 | 276 | $1,260,000 |
| T3 | Luke Donald | ENG | -5 | 283 | $406,000 |
| T3 | Retief Goosen | RSA | -5 | 283 | $406,000 |
| T5 | Mike Weir | CAN | -4 | 284 | $237,300 |
| T5 | Rod Pampling | AUS | -4 | 284 | $237,300 |
| T5 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | -4 | 284 | $237,300 |
| T5 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -4 | 284 | $237,300 |
| 10 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -3 | 285 | $189,000 |
| T11 | Tim Herron | USA | -2 | 286 | $168,000 |
| T13 | Justin Leonard | USA | -1 | 287 | $135,333 |
| T13 | Tom Lehman | USA | -1 | 287 | $135,333 |
| T17 | Chad Campbell | USA | 0 | 288 | $112,000 |
| T20 | Bernhard Langer | GER | 1 | 289 | $84,840 |
| T20 | Jerry Kelly | USA | 1 | 289 | $84,840 |
| T20 | Stewart Cink | USA | 1 | 289 | $84,840 |
| 28 | Jim Furyk | USA | 3 | 291 | $53,900 |
| T33 | Adam Scott | AUS | 6 | 294 | $39,620 |
| T33 | Casey Wittenberg | USA | 6 | 294 | $39,620 |
| T33 | Ian Poulter | ENG | 6 | 294 | $39,620 |
| T33 | K.J. Choi | KOR | 6 | 294 | $39,620 |
| T39 | Fred Couples | USA | 7 | 295 | $32,200 |
| T39 | Ryan Palmer | USA | 7 | 295 | $32,200 |
| T43 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | 8 | 296 | $28,000 |
| T43 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 8 | 296 | $28,000 |
| 47 | Ernie Els | RSA | 10 | 298 | $23,100 |
| 48 | Jay Haas | USA | 13 | 301 | $21,700 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $4,015,386 between them, against $377,580 shared by the other eleven players paid.
The 26 cheques above come to $4,392,966 between them. We hold 50 players for the week in all, so 24 of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.
The other Masters Tournament years
29 editions, 1998 to 2026
The 2004 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Phil Mickelson. The 2006 ladder is the one after, won by Phil Mickelson. The Masters Tournament roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2005 golf year
47 other tournaments we hold a 2005 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2005 was the $1,440,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Fred Funk.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2005 Masters Tournament?
Tiger Woods, on 10 April 2005, in a playoff. The win paid $1,260,000.
How much did the 2005 Masters Tournament pay out?
The 26 cheques on this page come to $4,392,966 between them, from $1,260,000 at the top down to $21,700.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2005 Masters Tournament?
$21,700, which Jay Haas collected for finishing 48.
How many players were paid at the 2005 Masters Tournament?
26. We hold 50 players for that week in all, so 24 of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.
Where to next
The rest of the golf money
Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players by what they have won across their careers. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.